the masters

Hideki Matsuyama has become the first Japanese male to win a major championship. Matsuyama has captured the Masters by closing with a 1-over 73, good enough for a one-stroke win over Will Zalatoris.

Rory McIlroy was a little off on his approach shot on the seventh hole of the Masters. The shot did hit something that Rory was familiar with, his dad.

Fred Couples and eleven other past champions were playing a practice round at Augusta National this week, with the other members preparing for the Masters.

It's the quickest turnaround in Masters history. The tournament starts 144 days after Dustin Johnson won by five shots at a record 20-under 268.

Augusta National Club chairman Fred Ridley says the Masters intends to have a limited number of spectators when it is played April 8-11.

Jim Nantz can't even say how much he misses announcing the Final Four and calling the Masters. But he says he's not consumed by it.

Augusta, Omaha, Louisville, Williamsport, Oklahoma City and Cheyenne are cities defined by iconic sporting events and all been shutdown caused by the coronavirus.

It would have been the biggest Monday. But, the slot machines were turned off and the sportsbooks were dark inside the glittering casinos that line the Las Vegas Strip.

Golf will only have three major championships at the most this year. The R&A announced it is canceling the British Open in July because of the spread of COVID-19.

Augusta National says the Masters has been postponed because of the coronavirus. The news left the world's best players unsure where and when they would tee it up next.